Unfreedom and waged work : labour in India's manufacturing industry / Sunanda Sen, Byasdeb Dasgupta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sen, Sunanda.

Contributor:

Dasgupta, Byasdeb.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manufacturing industries--India.

Manufacturing industries.

Manufacturing industries--India--Employees.

Labor market--India.

Labor market.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 223 p.) : ill.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : SAGE, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Unfreedom and Waged Work: Labour in India's Manufacturing Industry provides an update on the debates relating to the work and welfare of industrial labour in India. Concentrating on factory workers in India's organized manufacturing industry, the study analyses, on the basis of official statistics as well as field survey data, the poor status of workers even in this relatively regulated sector, in terms of jobs and the related absence of 'security' that provides the content of 'unfreedom of waged labour' as discussed in this book. The key features of the book are as follows:. - A critical surv

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Alternate Approaches to Labour Economics: Theory and Practice; The Indian Manufacturing Sector and Labour: An Aggregative Picture; Labour under Stress: An Assessment Based on Primary Information; Profiles of Industry and Labour on the Basis of Field Surveys; Labour Security in Indian Organized Manufacturing Industries; Labour Market Policies in India; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786612153815

9789352802296

9352802292

9788132112600

8132112601

9781282153813

1282153811

9788132102526

8132102525

OCLC:

436044503